Notes on Contributors

GARETH STEDMAN JONES is Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge.

CLIVE BEHAGG is Lecturer in History at the West Sussex Institute of Higher Education.

JENNIFER BENNETT is a school teacher.

DOROTHY THOMPSON is Lecturer in Modem History at the University of .

ROBERT SYKES is a teacher of history and sociology at Mellow Lane School, Hillingdon.

ROBERT FYSON is Senior Lecturer in History at North Polytechnic.

JAMES EPSTEIN is visiting assistant Professor of British History at Duke University, North Carolina, USA.

JOHN BELCHEM is Lecturer in Modern History at the University of .

KATE TILLER is Tutor in Local Studies at the University of Oxford.

EILEEN YEO is Lecturer in History at the University of Sussex. Index

Abbott, Mary Ann, Nottingham Chartist Baines, Edward 45 234 Bairstow, Jonathan 190 (n62), 356 Act of Union with (1801) 126 bakers 104 Adams, James, Scottish Chartist 28 7 Baker, Thomas, Birmingham radical 63, Address to the Journeymen and Labourers 64,67, 71, 72,73 of England (William Cobbett) 17 Bandon (Ireland) 132 agriculturallabourers 131 Bank Charter Act (1844) 51 Aitken, William, Ashton Chartist 168, 169 bankers 60 Aitken, Revd R. E. 208,211 Barber, Jonathan, Nottingham Chartist Akroyd, Edward 319, 338, 339 245,254,255,257,258 Alderson, Joseph, Bradford Chartist 327 Barnett, William, Macclesfield Chartist Alfreton 235 364 Allen, Thomas 207, 210 Barnsley 17, 123, 124, 125, 131, 132, Allison, Jo)ln 131, 166 146,354,357 America 12,47, 135 Barrett, Plinny, Halifax Chartist 321, Annual Register 278 337 Anti-Corn Law League 28, 29,41,43, 140, Baxter, John 69 172,176,198,203,204,214,363;see Beaumont, Adam, Halifax Chartist 332, also Corn Laws 337 anti-income tax riots 2 77 Beaumont, Augustus Hardin (1800-1838) Anti-Poor Law movement 37, 156, 158, 136 162,251,311,349, 356; see also New Bedlington, Northumberland 138 Poor Law Beggs, Thomas 237, 239 Arbuthnott, Lt-Gen. 289, 291,298 Belfast 136 Archdeacon, George, Irish confederate and Bell, John 89 Chartist 291,295 Benbow, William 20, 30, 40 arming 167 Beniowski. Major Bartlomiej 89, 95, 96, Arnold (Notts) 223,227,229,231,235, 99, 100, 109, 112,115 (n17), 118 (n92) 248,252,256 Bernard, James 89 artisans 60, 62, 69 Bettis, James, London Chartist 118 Artisans' Library (Nottingham) 237, 263 (n93) Ashley, John, Newcastle-under-Lyme Betts, J. J., Ashton Chartist, 182, 192 Chartist 213 (n89) Ashton, William, Barnsley Chartist 124, Bezer, John James, London Chartist 292 132 Bilston 200 Ashton-under-Lyne 122, 124, 155, 158, Bingley, Yorks 290 162,167,168,182,291,294,298 Birmingham ch. 2, pp. 59-86, passim, 1, Athboy 136 4,8,9,27,38,98, 105,165,200,201, Attwood, Thomas (1783-1856) 8, 59, 61, 185,296,298,299,301 63,64,65,66,67,68,69, 70, 72, 73, Birmingham Journal 67 74, 145 Birmingham Political Union (BPU) ch. 2, INDEX 383

pp. 59-86, passim, 9, 28, 362-3 Campbell, John 150 (n76), 170, 203, Birmingham Union Society 62 204,229 Black, George, Nottingham Chartist 228, Capper, Joseph, Tunstall Chartist 202, 233,245,252 205,213 Black Dwarf 202 card-grinders 17 5, 182 Blackstone Edge 319, 326, 329, 330, card-strippers 175, 182 331 Cardo, William, London Chartist 97 Blatherwick, Eliza, Nottingham Chartist Carlisle 355, 365 244 Carlton 223 Bobiowski, Joseph 99 Carlyle, Thomas 3, 4, 126, 143, 144 Boggis, George, London Chartist 101, carpenters 107, 173, 175 102, 103, 117 (n61, 69) Carrington, Notts 226, 229, 230 boiler-makers 173, 175, 180 Cartwright, Major John 24, 25 Bolton 162, 163, 164, 170, 181, 290, Catholic Church 121, 124, 146 298 Catholic Emancipation 133, 145, 346 bookbinders 154,161,177,190 (n80) Cato Street Conspiracy 88, 101, 111 Booth, Hamlet, Wolstanton Chartist 205 Cavendish, Lord Frederick 339 Bostock, Jacob, Nottingham Chartist 228 Central National Association 89 Bradford, Yorks 117 (n57), 123, 124, Chalmers, Thomas 50 166,289,291,326,334,354,355 Chapman, James, London Chartist 89, Brandreth, Jeremiah 245 115 (n17) brassfounders 107 Charlton, Edward, Newcastle Chartist Bray, John Francis 31, 34, 36 138, 139 bricklayers 107, 173, 175 Chartist beverage 202, 359 brickmakers 163 Chartist conference (1858) 334 Briggs, Asa 1, 10, 269 Chartist pills 359 Bright, P. C. 298 Chartist Studies 1, 10, 269 Bright, John, M. P. 334 Cheltenham 138 Brighton Radical Reform and Patriotic 121, 194, 195, 200 Association (1839) 354 Chinery, G. W. (solicitor) 371 Bristol 97 Church Building Society 254 British and Foreign Society 125 Church rates 66 Broadbent, Elijah, Ashton Chartist 168 Clark, G. Kitson 200 Brophy, Peter Michael, Irish Chartist 122, Clark, Thomas, Stockport Chartist 286 136 Clayton, John, Sheffield Chartist 248, Brougham, Lord 45 249,361 Brown, Jonathan, Ncttingham Chartist Cleave, John (1792-1847) 63,129,130, 235 141 Buckland, John, Nottingham Chartist Cliffe, Thomas, Halifax Chartist 127 256, 267 (n82) Clisset, Isaac, Halifax Chartist 316, 317, building workers 132, 183, 230, 263 321,331,336 (n17), 315 cloggers 315 'Bull Ring riots' (1839) 59-60, 202, 34 7 Clontarf 142 Bulwell 223, 231 cloth-dressers 175, 182 Buonarotti, Philipe 130 coach-makers 154, 177, 256 Burbage, Joseph, Nottingham Chartist coal-miners (colliers) 165, 166, 184, 197, 235, 264 (n41) 198,199,200,202,214,215 Burns, Joseph, Halifax Chartist 334, 337 coalwhippers 109 Burslem 197, 199, 202,205,208,213, Cobbett, William 17, 19, 20, 25, 48, 127 215 Cobden, Richard 172, 290, 302 Burton, William, London Chartist 89, Cochrane, Charles 2 77 103, 107 Cockcroft, William Jackson, Halifax Char­ Bury (Lanes) 29, 157, 162, 163, 164 tist 317,318,321,334,336,337 Bussey, Peter, Bradford Chartist 49, 356 Colclough, George, Staffordshire Chartist 209,214 Colclough, Isaac, Staffordshire Chartist cabinet makers 107, 230, 263 (n17) 209 calico printers 154, 173, 175 Cole, G. D. H. 9; 10, 106, 108 Calverton, Notts 223, 228, 231, 235, Collins, Arthur, Barnsley Chartist 124, 384 INDEX

Collins, John, Birmingham Chartist 40, Crown and Government Security Bill 72,94 (1848) 'Gagging Act' 142, 143, 281, Colne 165 360 Combination Laws (repeal) 153 Crowther, Isaac, Halifax Chartist 332, Committee of the non-electors, 336,337 (Birmingham) 63 Croxton, Richard, Hanley Chartist 213 Committee of the unemployed artisans Cuddy, Joseph, Irish confederate 296 (Birmingham) 63, 67, 70 Cuffay, William, London Chartist 280, Committee of the United Trades 283,297,300 (Birmingham) 63, 70 Curran, Edward 165 Commons Select Committee of Inquiry into the National Land Company (1848) 371 Daly, Aeneas, Barnsley Chartist 124 The Commonwea/thsman 202 Dartmouth, Earl 205 Communist Manifesto 4 Davenport, Allen (1775-1846) 25, 88, Complete Union 60, 175, 204, 89,103,109, 114(n10) 237, 260 Davies, Charles, Stockport Chartist 168 Condy, George 129, 130 Dawson, William, informer 296 Congleton 200 Dean, Christopher 158 Convention: General Convention of the Dean, J., Nottingham Chartist 252 Industrious classes (1839) 27, 38, 39, Dean Clough Mills, Halifax 315 73,97,98,102,110,164,201,221, Deegan, John, Chartist 150 229,245,346,355,356,359,364 (n76) General Convention (1842) 203, 229, Defoe, Daniel 312 249; General Convention (1846) 353; Democrat and Labour Advocate 140 Convention (1848) 274, 279, 283, 286, Democratic Chapel, Nottingham 233, 287,316, 320;Convention (1851) 373 235,236,238,243,245,253,259 Conway, Michael, police spy 100 Dennis, Alderman, of Halifax 316 Cooke, Joseph, Nottingham Chartist 243 Derby 29,97 Coombe, James Cane, London Chartist Despard, Colonel 112 89, 93, 96, 98, 109, 111, 112, 115 (n17), Devyr, Thomas Ainge 134 116 (n34) Dewhurst, James, Bradford Chartist 358 Cooper, Thomas (1805-1892) 8, 202, 117 (n57) 206,207,211,228,229,239,250,253, Doherty, John, cotton-spinners' leader 367 123, 127, 130, 132, 145, 182, 196, 197 Co-operation 319, 320, 333, 336, 348, Dolleans, Edouard 8 351,373 Donnelly, Fred 69 Corn Laws 13, 15, 18, 36, 37, 41, 43, 51, Donovan, Daniel, Chartist 63 168, 189 (n54), 291 Cornish, William, London Chartist 107 Dorchester Labourers 153, 155, 157, Coronation procession, 1838 159, 160, 163,166,232 161 Dorman, Henry, Nottingham Chartist Corresponding Societies Act (1799) 360, 231,237,250,256,263 (n23),267 368 (n82) cotton-spinners 122, 127, 132, 136, 154 Douglas, R. K. 71, 73 155, 161, 163, 166, 175, 181, 182, 184 Dowling, William, Irish repealer 297 Coventry 133 Doyle, Christopher, Manchester Chartist Crabtree, Elijah, Halifax Chartist 127 131, 166, 169, '189 (n54) Crabtree, Joseph, Barnsley Chartist 1 7 Doyle, Peter, Newcastle Chartist 138 Crimean War 330 Drake, William, London Chartist 98, 104, Crisis, The 19 109, 116 (n50), 117-118 (n75) Cronin, Henry, Bedlington Chartist 138 Drogheda 136 Cropper, Edward Clark, London Chartist Dublin 133, 135, 136, 139, 141, 146, 291 159,292 Crossley, Francis 315,316,317,322, Dublin University 135 323,324,325,328,330,334,338 Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan 138 Crossley, John 339 Duffy, James, Irish Chartist 122, 145 Crowe, Robert, London Irish Chartist Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby, MP 3, 45, 120, 123, 139 242,244,369 INDEX 385

Dundee 46 Forresters, ancient order of 362 dyers 154, 161, 163, 182, 263 (nl7) Foster, John 260 Dymmock, Martha, London Chartist 92 Foster, cotton-spinners' leader 182 Dyott, W. H., Dublin Chartist 142 Fowkes, Cornelius, Nottingham Chartist 235, 263 (n23) East London Democratic Association framesmiths 230, 263 (nl7) ch. 3. pp. 87-119 passim, see also framework knitters 223, 224, 225, 230, London Democratic Association 231,256,354 East of London Shoemakers Mutual Fraser 66 Protection Society 104 Fraternal Democrats 288 Ecclesiastical Titles Bill 125 Freemans Journal 137 Edgeworthtown 129 Freemasons 362 Edmonds, George 62, 63, 67, 71, 72 Friendly societies 353, 264 Edwards, Henry 314, 315, 316, 323, Friendly Societies' Act (1850) 362, 367, 324, 325 368,369,370,372 Eiland 327 French Revolution (1789) 4, 95, 112, Ellis, John, Nottingham Chartist 243 363 Ellis, William, Burslem Chartist 202, 205, French Revolution (1848) 272, 275, 206, 211, 244 278,316,336 Emmerson, Thomas, Nottingham Chartist Frost, John (1784-1877) 45, 99, 213, 256 238,244,248,293,331,332,333 Emmet, Robert 136, 137, 141, 244 Frost, Thomas 282, 294 Engels, Frederick 4, 5, 33, 96, 113, 314 Fussell, John, London Chartist 294 engineering workers 154, 155, 175, 180, fustian cutters 154, 155, 163, 173, 175, 181 184 English Chartist Circular and Temperance Record 129 Gammage, R. G. 8, 10, 11, 43, 106, 108, English Patriot and Irish Repealer 295 137,288,327 engravers 17 3 Garrett, William, Burslem Chartist 213 Etherington, T. H. 70 Gaskell, Elizabeth 3 Etruria 206 General Union of Carpenters and joiners Evans, Thomas 113 183 Evans, William 214 George, William, London Chartist 88 Evening Star 236 Gibson, John, Nottingham Chartist 243 Exclusive dealing 242, 312, 348, 378 Gisborne, Thomas, MP 258 (n5) Gladstone, William Ewart 51, 314 90, 130, 136, 162 Factory Act (1833) 36 Glasgow cotton-spinners 36, 130, 133, Factory Education Bill (1844) 255 144,153,156,157,159,163,166 Factory Movement 130, 155, 156, 170, glass-cutters 1 73 182, 311 Goodwin, John, London Chartist 104 Factory system 28, 29, 30 Gorton 30 factory workers 153 Goulding, Joseph, London Chartist 99, Failsworth 291, 292 101, 102 Farish, William, Carlisle Chartist 365 Graham, Sir James 212, 255 farriers 1 7 3 Grand National Consolidated Trades Union female Chartists 92, 203, 232-3, 239, 18 249,312,349-50,376(nl3) Granville, Earl 197, 198 Female Political Union (Nottingham) Gray, John, co-operator 20, 31 232,233 Greening, Edward Owen 338 Ferrand, William Busfield, JP 290, 299 Grey, Lord 65, 127 Fielden, John 45, 4 7, 49, 127 Grey, Sir George 293 Finlen, James 325 Griffm, Thomas 208 Fisher, Joseph, London Chartist 89 Grote, George 90 Fitzgerald, Lord Edward 138 Guest, Lady Charlotte 140 Fletcher, Samuel, Nottingham Chartist 231 Habeas Corpus, suspension 295, 296, Flowers, William, Brighton Chartist 354 360 Foreman, Joseph, Halifax Chartist 336 Hadley 71 386 INDEX

Halifax ch. 9, pp. 311-44 passim, 1, 127, Hunt, Hemy 63, 182, 221, 244, 271, 141, 144, 290 282 Halifax Courier 336 Hutchinson, Alexander 172, 173, 17 5 Halifax Liberal Association 339 Hyde 298 Halifax Reformer 317 hydraulic packers 173 Hall, William, Nottingham Chartist 239 Hall of Science, City Road 91 Ireland ch. 4, pp. 120-151, passim, 12, hammermen 173 123 Hampden Club 62 Ireland, Mary, London Chartist 89, 90, Hancock, Edward, police spy 99 91,92,96,97 Hanley 40, 198, 199, 200, 201, 204, 206, Ireland, Thomas, London Chartist 103, 207,208 104,109, 117(n74) Hardy, John, Nottingham Chartist 248 Irish Coercion Act 65, 126, 127, 128, Harney, George Julian (1817-1897) 129 18,29,32-3,41,44,87,89,93,96,97, Irish confederates 279, 296, 297, 299 98, 99,104, 108,109,111,112,113, Irish Felon 294 114 (n3), 115 (n23), 116 (n46), 117 Irish League 295 (n74),158, 187,188,193,199,273, Irish repealers ch. 4 pp. 120-51 passim, 276,281,303,304 285,289,291 Harney, John 108 Irish Association 121, Harney, Sarah 108 124, 136 Harper, John, London Chartist 88 iron-moulders 155 Harris, Mr, informer 102 iron-planers 17 5 Harrison, Revd George, Nottingham Chartist 228,231,240,248,249,251, Jackson, J. A. 121 252,213 jacobins 16, 44, 112, 235 Harvey, Edward 89 Jefferson, Isaac, Yorkshire Chartist 290, hatters 171, 172 299 Hebden Bridge 228 Jenkins, Mick 215 Hemmings, George, miners' leader and Johnson, George, Ashton Chartist 169 Chartist 200, 206, 207 Johnson, J. R. B. 235 Hennock,E.P. 246 joiners 173, 175, 256 Hervey, Lord George 65 Joint Stock companies Act (1846) 51,370 Hetherington, Henry (1792-1849) 16, 23, Jones, Charles, Welsh Chartist 213, 244, 63, 108, 129 248 Heywood 162 Jones, Ernest Charles (1819-1869) 28, Higgins, Timothy, Ashton Chartist 122 272,273,276,277,280,283,286,287, Hill, Revd William (1806-1867) 260, 288,292,293,295,300,304,314,315, 357, 359, 377 (n37) 316,317,318,319,320,321,322,323, Hindley, Charles MP 158 324,326,327,329,330,331,332,333, Hobson, Joshua (1810-76) 358, 368 334,335,337,338 Hodgins, cotton-spinners' leader 182 Journeymen Steam Engineers and Machine­ Hodgskin, Thomas 20, 34 makers' Friendly Society 161 Hoey, Peter, Barnsley Chartist 124, 131 Joyce, James 138 Holberry, Samuel, Sheffield Chartist 206, 248,249,253,361 Keen, Charles, London Chartist 104 Holt, Harrison, Halifax Chartist 321, 332, Kendall, George, Nottingham Chartist 337 256 House of Commons 19, 25, 33, 90, 274 Kennington Common 105, 276, 277, Hovell, Mark 9, 66, 120, 129 281,282,283,284,290,291,296,300, Howitt, William 23 7 311 Hucknall Torkard 223, 229, 231, 248 Kerry, Thomas, Nottingham Chartist Huddersfield 12 7, 131 258, 267 (n82) Huddersfield Political Union 131 Kersal Moor 161, 164 Hume 173 Kibbey, William, Nottingham Chartist Hume, Joseph MP 300 233 Humphries, Benjamin, Nottingham Chartist Kidsgrove 19 7 255,257, 267 (n82) Kingsley, Charles 143 INDEX 387

Kinnersley, Thomas 197 91, 92, 101, 104; Queenhithe 109; Kirby, R. G. 123 St. Pancras 91; Shoreditch 92, 105; Knight, John, Oldham radical 128, 155, Southwark 104, Spitalfields 105, 182, 192 (n89) 106; Stepney Green 292, Tower knitters 232, 256 Hamlets 92, 98, 102, 104,111; Kydd, Samuel 276, 286, 301, 309 (n86) Westminster 91, Whitechapel 105 London Association of United Chartists 103, 117 (n69) Labour Parliament 328, 329 London Corresponding Society 88, 107, Labour Party 184 115 (n22), 352 labourers 354 London Democrat 96, 109 lace makers 226, 230, 242, 256, 260 London Democratic Association ch. 3, (n8) pp. 87-119 passim, 2, 16 lace runners 232 London Female Democratic Association Lacey, William, London Chartist 297 92 Lambley 231 London Society of Journeymen Boot and Lancashire South Lancashire, ch. 5, Shoemakers 107 pp. 152-93 passim, 9, 40, 121, 123, London Working Men's Association 87, 125,131,194,195,200,279,328, 89,90,94, 102,105,106,107,109, 356, 357 110, 111, 128, 129,133, 347 Lancaster Castle 135 Longton 197, 199 Lancaster Commission (1843) 215 Lorymer, J. H. B., London Chartist 89, Land Plan 43, 214, 231,272, 275, 293, 109 300,301,311,316,359,367,368, Loughrae 136 372, 380 (n67) Lovekin, Emanuel, Staffordshire Chartist Larkin, James 63 200 Lawton, cotton-spinners' leader 182 Lowery, Robert, Newcastle Chartist 13 7, Leach, James, Manchester Chartist 30, 32, 348,355,364 39,42,171,295 Lovett, William (1800-1877) 8, 16, 18, 111,127,130,145,290,338,355, 87,94,97,103, 129,203,346,347, 358, 365, 376 (n4) 358, 365,375 (n4) Leek 208, 215 Loyal Association for the Suppression and Leicester 229, 354, 357 Refutation of Blasphemy and Sedition Leigh 166 62 Lenegan, John, Wigan Chartist 138 Loyal National Repeal Association 140 House Compact 133 Luckins, Richard, London Chartist 89 light metal workers 315 Luddites 245, 311 Lightowler, David, Bradford Chartist Ludlow, J. M. 290 290 Lilley, William, Nottingham Chartist McCarthy 292 233, 263 (n23) McCrae 292 Linney, Joseph, Manchester Chartist McDouall, Peter Murray (1814-54) 27, 168 28, 39,169,170,171,190 (n61), 238, Linwood, Revd William 237 246,273,274,288,289,290,292,293, 'Little Charter' 286, 300 294,295,298 Liverpool 121, 279, 296, 299 McDuff, John R., Nottingham Chartist London 2, 8, 9, 92, 96, 97, 98,106,152, 255, 263 (n23) 155,158,162,163,173,174,213,294, McGrath, Philip 274,276, 281 338,356,357,363,371 M'Williams, David 157, 182 London districts: Bermondsey 91, 104, Macclesfield 200, 364 105, 108; Bethnal Green 100, 103, machine-makers 315 105, 106; Bishop Bonner's Fields 292; Making of the English Working Class 11 Chiswick 92, 104; Clerkenwell 98, Manchester 4, 39, 46, 121, 127, 130, 105, 292; Deptford 91, 104, 109, 137, 156, 162, 163,166, 168, 173, 174, Finsbury 104;Hackney 103,105; 177,180,182,183,200,207,208,278, Hammersmith 92, 104; Holborn 104; 291,296,297,298,299,328 Islington 91, 104; Kensington 92, 104; Manchester Combination Committee Lambeth 91, 104, 105, 106 Marylebone 158-9, 164 91, 92, 105, 137, 353; Old Road Manchester Guardian 175 388 INDEX

Manchester Political Union 156 Mitchel, John 142, 290, 291, 293, 294, Manchester Times 158 295,296 Manchester Universal Suffrage Association Mitchell, James, Stockport Chartist 121, 158 168 Manchester and Salford Advertiser 129 Mitchison, George 197 Mansfield 227, 229, 231, 235,248, 249 Morling, Brighton Chartist 354 Mantle, G. J., Birmingham Chartist 298, Morrison, James 70 299 Morrison, R. T., Nottingham Chartist Marcus 30 238 Marsden, Richard, Preston Chartist 95, Mosley 291 98 Mottram Moor 40 Mart, George, Stoke Chartist 202 Muirhouse, William 40 Martin, Walsingham, Chesterfield Char- Municipal Corporations Act (1835) 40, tist 134 61,346,365 Martin, William, Bradford Chartist 134 Muntz, George Frederick 68, 72, 74 Marx, Karl 4, 33, 113, 314, 374 (n1) Muntz, Philip H. 74, 75 Mary Barton 3 Musson, A. E. 123 masons 155, 183 Mason, Charles James 208, 210 Napier, Gen. Sir Charles 227 Mason, John 203, 227 NapoleonicWars 39,47 Mass Movement 328, 330, 331 National Assembly (1848) 284, 285, Master and Servant Bill 255 286,289,296,300,302 Mather, F. C. 194 National Association for the Protection of Matthew, Fr, Irish temperance leader Labour 155, 181, 196, 197 120 National Association of United Trades May, Mander 292 243, 259, 379 (n55) Mayer, Thomas 205 National Charter Association 30, 41, 93, Mayhew, Henry 183 102,103,140,156,168,169,171,173, Mayne, Richard 281 175,176,180,183,201,203,221,227, Maynooth grant 125 228,232,238,240,242,243,244,260, Mead, E. P., Chartist lecturer 227, 250 287,288,320,321,352,353,354,355, mechanics 155, 161, 174, 180 356,357,358,359,360,364,365,366, Mechanics' Institute, Nottingham 236, 367,368 237,260 National Education League 336 Meigh, Charles 208 National Guard 289,295 Melbourne, Lord 73 'National Holiday' (1839) 20, 38, 163, Mellors, Samuel, Nottingham Chartist 164,166,227,242,245,348 243 National Petition: (1839) 229, 34 7, 364, menders 232 366;(1842) 2,33,202,204,229,347, metal-workers 154 366;(1848) 275,280,283,311,316, Methodists 250, 253, 352, 356, 364 373 Metropolitan Charter Union 103, 117 national rent 97, 162 (n69) National Society 125 Metropolitan Police 49,347 National Union of the Working Classes Miall, Edward 314, 315 20,63,88,90,352 Middle class 4, 14, 15, 16, 26, 27, 38, Neal, John, Hanley Chartist 202, 213 40, 113, 127, 222, 260; (in Birmingham) needle-makers 230, 263 (n17) ch. 2 pp. 59-86, passim Neesom, Charles, London Chartist 88, 90 Middleton 166 100, 101, 103, 109, 115 (nlO), 117 Midgely 328 (n69) Midland Counties Illuminator 228, 233, Neesom, Elizabeth, London Chartist 92 235 New Basford 226, 229, 248 Midland Representative 63 New Lenton 226,230,237,252 Midland Union of the Working Classes 'New Move' 94, 103, 203, 239, 240, 63,64, 70 365 millwrights 155, 180, 181 New Poor Law 28, 29, 32, 36, 37, 49, Miners' Association 184, 200, 214 94,109,110,127,128,129,130,133, Mirfield, Frank, Barnsley Chartist 132 157,205,232,241,315,317 INDEX 389

New Radford 226, 230, 237 Oldham, James, Etruria Chartist 206 New Sneinton 237 Oliver the spy 62 Newcastle-under-Lyme 199, 201, 208, O'Neill, Arthur, Birmingham Chartist 60 211 Operative, The 92 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 94, 97, 135, 137, Operative Anti.Corn Law Association 172 165, 186(n10),332,348,349,365 Operative Builders' Union 155, 183 Newhall Hill, Birmingham 128 Operatives' Library, Nottingham 237, Newport, Mon. 39, 103, 129, 140, 204, 238,243 331 Orange, Revd James 225, 267 (n96) Newport, Salop 200 Orange Tree Inn 297 Newry 136 Ovenden 327,339 Nicholl, Joshua, Halifax Chartist 336 Owen, Robert 113, 129, 139, 196 Norcott, W. B. London Chartist 92 Owenites (socialists) 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, North Staffordshire ch. 6, pp. 194-220 33,36,69-70,107,130,246,311,349, passim 353, 362, 367, 378 (n42) North Staffordshire Mercury 211, 212 Northallerton House of Correction 135 Paine, Thomas 20, 35, 87, 112, 113, 137, Northampton 173, 354 221,243, 311 Northern Liberator 134 painters 173 Northern Political Union 126, 365 Palace Yard Meeting (1838) 88 Northern Reform Union 338 Parker, Newcastle Chartist 139 Northern Star 13, 18, 28, 30, 33, 35, 37, Parker, J. W., London Chartist 104 43,48, 128,129,136,140,157,162, Parker, William, JP 210 169,170,180,202,203,206,212,228, Parr, Samuel, Nottingham Chartist 256 240,241,244,246,248,260,272,275, Parssinen, Trevor 38 287,293,296,300,301,354,357,358, Patterson, Alexander, Rippon den Chartist 359,360,364,368 332 Norwich 97, 111 Peel, Sir Robert 25, 43, 49, 51, 198, 203 Notes to the People 319 Pennistone 131 Nottingham ch. 7, pp. 221-68, passim, 1, People's Charter 40, 94, 129, 170, 171, 111,127,137, 173,272,273,313 207,232,248,274,300 Nottingham Mercury 241, 245,246 People's College 260 Nottingham Review 239, 249, 257, 258, People's Paper 319, 321, 326, 330 259 Peterloo 46, 62, 128, 167, 208, 271 Peters, John, Nottingham Chartist 253, Oastler, Richard 94, 139, 327 263 (n23) O'Brien, James Bronterre (1804-64) 16, Philanthropic Society 155 17,27,33,42,63, 106,112,126,128, Philosophical Radicals 13 3 129-30,141,281,350 Pilling, Richard, Ashton Chartist 41, 169 O'Brien, William Smith 295, 296 Pioneer, The 19 O'Connell, Daniel 27, 90, 108, 120, 123, Place, Francis 89, 95, 106, 116-7 (n57), 126, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 139, 140, 133 142, 145, 146, 159 Plant, William, Hanley Chartist 214 O'Connor, Feargus (1794-1855) ch. 8, 'Plug' strikes, 1842 38, 46, 152, 156, 166, pp. 269-310, passim, 8, 9, 18, 27, 28, 167,169,170,173,174-6,180,181, 31,32,36,38,41,42,59,61,87,88, 194,242,246,247,318,348,367 89,92,103, 106,109,113,120,121, police 49 128,129,134,139,141,145,166,169, Polish Democratic Society 93 170,201,202,203,204,228,232,240, Political Reform Union 334 241,242,244,247,248,249,255,260, Poor Law Amendment Bill (1834) see 313,314,316,321,332,335,346,348, New Poor Law 352,355,358,359,368,371,372 Poor Law riots (1848) 277 Odd Fellows 327, 362 Poor Man's Guardian 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, O'Higgins, Patrick, Dublin Chartist 136, 24, 26, 35, 36, 39, 129, 171 245 Poor Man's Guardian and Repealer's O'Higgins, Rachel 121 Friend 141 Old Basford 223,229 Post, The 101 Oldham 128, 155, 162, 166, 182, 279, Potteries Political Union 201 291,292,296,298 Potter's Union 196, 202, 214 390 INDEX

Powell (alias Johnson), police informer Rowley, John 238 296,297 Rude, George 195, 211,214 Powys, Capt, JP 209 Rushton, Benjamin, Halifax Chartist Poynton 166, 200, 215 316,317,319,327,331,332 Pratt, Tidd, Registrar-general 367, 368, Russell, Lord John 50, 272, 290, 293 372 Russell, William, Nottingham Chartist Precursor Societies 108, 118 (n87) 234 Prentice Archibald 158 Ryan, Revd Patrick 124 Preston 162 Preston, Thomas, London Chartist 88, Salt, T. C. 71, 75 100 Saville, John 276, 321 Primitive Methodists 233, 249, 250 sawyers 130, 173, 175 printers 107, 154, 161, 179 Schellvietinghoff, Martha 109 Protheroe, Edward, MP 314 Scholefield, Hannah, Rochdale Chartist Punch 277, 294 297,298 Scholefield, William, Birmingham Radical Queenshead 327 66, 70 Schoyen, A. R. 106 Radcliffe, Joseph, Ashton Chartist 298 123, 137, 152,356 Rathcormac massacre 139 Scott, Charles, shipbuilder 130 Rawson, John, Bury Chartist 164 seamers 232 , 1832 11, 14, 23, 32, 35, Seditious Meetings Act (1817) 355, 361, 48,49,50,59,60,61,63,65, 71,126, 367,368 161, 196, 311, 346 Select Committee on Combinations (1838) Reform Act, 1867 338 159 338 Shackleton, Christopher, Halifax Chartist religion, and 125,250, 348, 316,317,319,321,326 352 Sheffield 41, 117(n57), 145, 165, 353 Rennie, Charles, London Chartist 103 Shelton 197,202 Report of the state of the Irish Poor shoemakers 9, 107, 132, 154, 161, 163, (1835) 130 169, 173, 175, 177, 183, 186 (n10), 202, Reynolds, Dr, Irish confederate 279 205,230,256,297 Reynolds, G. W. M., London Chartist shoemakers' union 132 277,279,280 shopkeepers 231,263 (n22), 354 Ricardian socialism 18 Shropshire 200 Ricardo, J. L. MP 203 Sidmouth, Lord SO Richards, John, Potteries Chartist 201, silk -dyers 1 7 3 202,203,205,206,207,212,213 Simmons, James, Nottingham Chartist Richardson, Reginald John, Salford 253 Chartist 156, 158, 164, 169 Simpson, Moses, Shelton Chartist 202 Rider, William, Leeds Chartist 9 5, 9 8, sinker-makers 263 (nl7) 127 Six Acts 39 Ridgeway, John 198,204 Sligo 136 Ridgeway, William 204 Smelser, Neil S Ripponden 327, 339 Smith, F. B. 194 Roberts, William Prowting 244, 358 Smith, John W., Bradford Chartist 132 Robinson, Samuel, Stoke Chartist 202, smiths 151,161,171,172,175,180, 205,206,214 181,256 Rochdale 162,297, 373 Smyth, Bradford Chartist 298 Rochdale pioneers 373 Snowden, John, Halifax Chartist 316, Rollett, Elmer, Nottingham Chartist 330, 331,332, 334,335, 337,338, 339, 231 340 Roper, Thomas, Nottingham Chartist Soboul, Albert 69 244, 245, 263 (n23) Society for National Regeneration 129 Rose, T. B. 208, 210, 213, 214 Somers, Matthew 279 Ross, Henry, London Chartist 89, 100, Somerville, Alexander 302 104 Souter, Joseph, Nottingham Chartist 254 Rostow, W. W. 5 Southern Star 101 Rowe, D. J. 106 Southowram 339 INDEX 391

Spa Fields affair 111 Three Counties Framework Knitters special constables 278, 290 Association 227, 256 Spence, Thomas 34, 107, 113 Times, The 141,241,243,279,290, Spenc~ans 88,95, 107,112 291,294,296,297 Spencer, James, Halifax Chartist 3 3 7 Tindal, Sir Nicholas 212 spindle-makers 175 Tolpuddle 18, 22; see also Dorchester Spurr, Richard, Cornish and London Tomlinson, John, Sutton-in-Ashfield Chartist 101, 103 Chartist 230 Stainland 327 Tong, Bury Chartist 29 Stafford 205 Towler, J., London Chartist 101 Staffordshire (North) ch. 6. pp. 194-220, trade unions ch. 5, pp. 152-93 passim, passim 18,22,39,49, 135,347,364,366-7, Staffordshire Special Commission (1842) 379 (n55) 209,211,215 Trades Conference, Manchester 1842 40 Staleybridge 200, 291 Trades Journal 1 71 Stallwood, Edmund, London Chartist Treanor, Bernard 168, 295 100 Treble, J. H. 121, 125, 137 Stansfeld, James 338 Tredegar 140 Stephens, Joseph Rayner 29, 59, 93, 94, Tremenhr.re, H. S. 215 96,166,241,251,252 Truth Teller 295 stockingers see framework knitters Tunstall 202 Stockport 155,166,167,168,200,208 Turner, Elizabeth, London Chartist 92 Stoke 197,198,202,205,208,213 Turner, James, Nottingham Chartist 243 stonemasons 186 (n10), 256; see also masons ulterior measures 38 Stradling, Alexander, Halifax Chartist United Englishmen Ill, 311 321,334,337 United Irishmen 128, 134, 135, 138, Stuart, W. P., police spy 100 142,143,145,291 Sturge, Joseph 8, 28, 60, 241 United Trades Association 155, 175, 180 Sunderland 352 Urtiversal Suffrage Club 89, 109 Sutherland, duke of 197, 205 unstamped press agitation 18, 129, 130, Sutton-in-Ashfield 227,229, 230,231, 232 243,248,249 Urquhartites 203 Swann, William, Nottingham Chartist 231 Vale, Revd Benjamin 210-11 Sweet, James, Nottingham Chartist 231, Vernon, W. J., London Chartist 300 232,235,240,244,263(n22) Victoria, Queen 128,203, 205, 283, Sweet, Martha, Nottingham Chartist 284 232 Vincent, Henry (1813-78) 96, 103, 239, 241 tailors 104, 107, 132, 154, ).61, 169, 175,183, 186(n10),230,256,263 Waddington, Samuel, London Chartist (n17), 315 88, 89, 107, 114 (nlO) Tancred, Thomas 215 Wales 200 Tasmania 213 Wakefield, Thomas 237 Taylor, Dr John (1805-42) 99, 106 Walter, John 241 Taylor, William Dean 227 Wapping (Bradford) 124, 355 temperance 103, 222, 239, 312, 319, Warburton, Henry, MP 90 348,352,353 Ward, Robert 166 Ten Hours Act (1847) 42, 170, 258 Ward, Thomas, London Chartist 107 Ten Hours Movement 349, 356 Warwick 64 Thistlewood, Arthur 88 Watson, Henry, Birmingham radical 63, Tholfsen, Trygve 304 70,71 Thompson, E. P. 11, 12, 112, 270 Wade, Revd Arthur (1787-1845) 64 Thorn, Maj.-Gen. 291 Watson, James (1799-1874) 129 Thornton, William, Halifax Chartist 127 weavers: cotton 132; flannel 373 hand- Thornton, William, Nottingham Chartist loom 9, 28, 35, 49, 154, 165, 181, 243 184, 185, 354; linen 131, 132; power- 392 INDEX

Weavers- Continued Williams, Joseph, London Chartist 98, 99, loom 131, 132, 155, 165, 166, 167, 100,101,104,106,108 175, 182; silk 107, 165, 166, 177; Williams, Maj., H.M. Inspector of Prisons smallware 173, 175, 184, 185, stuff 135 130; wool 312; worsted 312 Williams, Zephenia, Welsh Chartist 213, Webber, George, Halifax Chartist 316, 244, 248 317,335,339,340 Wilson, Benjamin, Halifax Chartist 317, West, John (1811-87) 140, 141, 190 318,321,324,336,337 (n62), 356 Wolstanton 197,205 200 Wolverhampton 198 West London Democratic Association 92 Wood, Sir Charles, MP 314, 315, 322, Whiston, Joseph, Potteries Chartist 211 324 White, George (1801-68) 124, 140, 141, Wood, Thomas, Halifax Chartist 321, 229,289,295,299,303,351,368 329,332,333,337 White, Thomas, London Chartist 11 7 Woodhouse, James, Nottingham Chartist (n69) 245,256 White Abbey (Bradford) 124 Woodward, George, Nottingham Chartist Whitworth, Charles, Birmingham Radical 256, 263 (n23) 62 woolcombers 312, 319, 373 Wigan 138, 162 Wyvill, Revd Christopher 45 Wightman, Justice 369 Wilbey, Francis, London Chartist 116 (n43) Yates, Jeremiah, Shelton Chartist 202, Wilkes, John 12, 113 213 Wilkins, William, London Chartist 118 York 170 (n85) York Castle 135 Wilkinson, Robert, Halifax Chartist 127, Yorkshire 121, 125; East Riding "356, 336 NorthRiding 356;WestRiding 137, Willey, Thomas, Cheltenham Chartist 194,356,367 138 Young Ireland 138, 139, 142, 144, 279